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Knutsford drops 'narrow' 18th Century view on romance with wider pavements plan | Knutsford drops 'narrow' 18th Century view on romance with wider pavements plan |
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A market town's narrow pavements - designed that way in the 18th Century to stop romantic couples walking hand-in-hand - are to be widened. | A market town's narrow pavements - designed that way in the 18th Century to stop romantic couples walking hand-in-hand - are to be widened. |
Spinster Lady Jane Stanley, daughter of the 11th Earl of Derby, did not like couples walking together along the main street in Knutsford, Cheshire. | Spinster Lady Jane Stanley, daughter of the 11th Earl of Derby, did not like couples walking together along the main street in Knutsford, Cheshire. |
Lady Jane suggested as her own epitaph: "A maid I lived and a maid I died; I never was asked and never denied." | Lady Jane suggested as her own epitaph: "A maid I lived and a maid I died; I never was asked and never denied." |
Residents will now be consulted over the redevelopment plans by the council. | Residents will now be consulted over the redevelopment plans by the council. |
"I fear there will be lots of people walking hand-in-hand when it is widened," Cheshire East Councillor Peter Raynes told BBC Radio Manchester. | |
"There is a serious side in that the pavements are not safe for disabled people and we need of course to deal with that." | "There is a serious side in that the pavements are not safe for disabled people and we need of course to deal with that." |
He added: "We think we've done quite a good job but we'll see what the public think." | He added: "We think we've done quite a good job but we'll see what the public think." |
Residents are being asked by Cheshire East Council to comment on plans for King Street which also include measures to improve traffic flow and shop deliveries. | Residents are being asked by Cheshire East Council to comment on plans for King Street which also include measures to improve traffic flow and shop deliveries. |
The council hopes the improvements will make the town's main shopping area and eating-out destination a "more vibrant public space". | The council hopes the improvements will make the town's main shopping area and eating-out destination a "more vibrant public space". |
Lady Jane's formidable reputation was typified by an incident in 1859 when a man who got in her way received a firm tap from her gold-headed cane, followed by the words: "Take that fellow!" | Lady Jane's formidable reputation was typified by an incident in 1859 when a man who got in her way received a firm tap from her gold-headed cane, followed by the words: "Take that fellow!" |
She often avoided confrontations on the narrow pavements by travelling in her sedan chair, which can still be seen in the town's heritage centre. | She often avoided confrontations on the narrow pavements by travelling in her sedan chair, which can still be seen in the town's heritage centre. |
Nineteenth Century novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, who grew up Knutsford, used it as the setting for her book Cranford, which was filmed in 2007 as a BBC TV series starring Dame Judi Dench. | Nineteenth Century novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, who grew up Knutsford, used it as the setting for her book Cranford, which was filmed in 2007 as a BBC TV series starring Dame Judi Dench. |
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